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I've currently been at my job for around 19 months now as a developer, and I feel insanely incompetent at my job. Even now, a lot of the times (more than 50%) I am bugging my senior developer for help, and often times they will flat out do my work for me (and justifiably they seem annoyed by this). I feel like an absolute fraud at this point, and my mental health is taking a toll. This is my first job out of college as a new graduate, and I hear a lot of my friends and colleagues saying things along the lines of "SAP is a really chill company with really light workload". This made me feel as though if I cannot survive at SAP, surviving in a different company is going to be even harder.. I feel like I should jump ship to a different company, but am scared that it will be even more difficult for me to handle. But at the same time, I would like to leave before getting fired if that's going to hinder my chances at finding another job. can anyone who has worked for both SAP and other companies provide some anecdotal insight on whether or not this is true? Should I just switch fields while I am still young? Sorry for the long rant.
Stop being a cry baby and start to git gud. You will be the same everywhere no matter which company with that attitude. Don't think people slacking at Amazon are gonna do great at "chill" companies like microsoft or SAP. Unless of course you are not interested in the work you do, in which case start looking for alternatives ASAP.
Thank you for your input. My work is certainly not the most interesting, but I have been trying hard in spite of that. I guess I'll have to suck it up and try harder, or deal with the consequences.
You are a fresh grad and like couple of my cousins who are young & energetic, you too seem restless and probably overexcited. Calm down. Try to improve everyday when you work with your seniors. The statements like chill company can very well contradict itself when we talk about different teams. So chill, learn and grow. Don’t overthink. Take actions. You have to put in efforts for anything. And yes you can switch to other technologies if you feel ABAP is not right for you.
Thank you for your response and insight. As you've mentioned I'll try to improve everyday and see if ABAP is the right technology for me.
I'd have this convo with your manager at the next 1:1, but maybe soften the language about the senior (or leave it out). Ask your boss for some mentors in the company. The senior sounds like a dick. Clearly not in that role for their ability to level up other employees, which imho is a senior responsibility. There's a clear contingent of people who love living in silos letting everyone sink or swim. Find the people who aren't like that. If you can't find them or your manager won't let you, find another job. It's perfectly acceptable imho to job hunt at this point and be honest during the interviews. "the company wants everyone to work in silos, and I'm early in my career so I'm looking for a place where I can accelerate my learning with collaboration" Also i'd find something with a more modern/fun stack.
Thank you for your reply. I don't think the senior dev is a bad guy at all, but you have brought up a great point regarding silos. This may be something that might be helpful to bring up with my manager.
ABAP is a nightmare. No wonder that you are struggling. Why did you pick SAP?
I only had 1 offer
As a new grad, you have the luxury to take time to solve problems till a certain point. I remember refusing help from seniors because nothing was so urgent and I didn’t want to give up. This helped me in getting familiar with codebase fairly quickly. At every point, you have to look for patterns and develop intuition. Of course, this is time bound.
Thank you for your response. Yes, I will try and take more time to see if I can figure things out alone before asking for help.
What’s the tech stack
It's a fairly old company specific programming language called ABAP